The Benue North-East Senatorial Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked Senator Emmanuel Udende of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and returned Senator Gabriel Suswam of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator-elect. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Udende as the winner of the Benue North-East senatorial election...
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The National/ States Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa, on Friday nullified the election of Mr Fred Agbedi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency of Bayelsa. The tribunal directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately withdraw the certificate issued...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi has accused the state government of ”wasting” N20 billion in the last 100 days of the administration. Alhaji Usman Bello-Suru, the State PDP Chairman made the accusation in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, on the 100 days of the All...
The former Deputy Governor of Kogi, Abayomi Awoniyi, on Thursday, officially announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his defection is contained in a letter, entitled, “Letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party”, made available to newsmen...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, says he has not issued any statement congratulating President Bola Tinubu over the outcome of the election petition tribunal in Abuja Mr Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Abubakar, stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja in...
Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says he rejected the Presidential Elections Petition Court judgement delivered on the outcome of February 25, 2023. Obi spoke during a news conference at his Onitsha residence on Thursday. He acknowledged that though the PEPC’s adhered to the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Atiku Abubakar have rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). NAN reports that the PEPC affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu in the Feb. 25 election. Addressing a news conference...
The National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Thursday affirmed the election of Mr Omoruyi Osaro of the Labour Party (LP) for the Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency of Edo. In a unanimous Judgement by the three-member panel, led by Justice O. A. Chijioke, the tribunal dismissed the...
One Malam Ali, has reported his wife to a Sharia Court sitting in Rijiyar Lemo, Kano State after she threatened to renew his circumcision. Malam Ali told the court that his wife has been threatening him for long that she would renew his circumcision, adding that she even...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
The Election Petition Tribunal in Benin on Thursday dismissed the petition by Mr Okhuarobo Henry of the PDP against the INEC’s declaration of Mr Omoruyi Murphy Osaro of LP as winner of the Feb. 25 Egor/Ikpoba Federal Constituency election of Edo Delivering the unanimous judgment in Suit NO:...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) delivered a clear verdict on the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. Akpabio in a statement on Thursday lauded the court, judgment which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in...
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, says he fully understands the grief of the opposition parties over the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said this when he spoke...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Jesutega Onokpasa on Wednesday’s judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) was based on facts and not sentiments. Onokpasa, also a lawyer, said this at a virtual news conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the petitioners sought...
The Vice-President, Mr Kashim Shettima, has said that judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court is a testimony to the fate Nigerians have in President Bola Tinubu and his administration. Shettima made the assertion while speaking to newsmen shortly after the 5-member panel of justices of the...
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, says the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is a triumph of truth over propaganda. Edu said this in a statement issued by Mr Rasheed Zubair,her media aide ,in Abuja on Thursday. ...
Rep. Amobi Ogah (LP-Abia) has rejected the judgement of election petition tribunal which nullified his election, saying he plans to appeal the judgement at the Appeal Court. Ogah who represented Isiukwato, Umunneochi Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “I want...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged the opposition political parties to accept the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal validating President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the Feb. 25, presidential election. Ganduje, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the judgement as thorough,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal which sat in Abuja upheld the victory of Tinubu in the Feb. 25 Presidential...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Labour Party (LP) has rejected the judgment of the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani which dismissed the petition of the party against the election of President Bola Tinubu. LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora...